Untold Arsenal: Supporting the club, the manager and the team
"I believe the target of anything in life should be to do it so well that it becomes an art." A Wenger
We already know how the league will look at season’s end Fifa accused of wholesale corruption, On the Arsenal History site, “as part of our 100 seasons in the top division series,” we have Arsenal’s first cup final; Chapman’s second season By Tony Attwood Now that is not a headline (above) you are …
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Vendettas and short tempers. How chairmen run football clubs Fifa accused of wholesale corruption, but the English media really don’t want to know By Tony Attwood I always liked Edu as a player at Arsenal, but also sometimes had the feeling that there was something “different” about him. He, sort of, had …
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Vendettas and short tempers. How chairmen run football clubs Fifa accused of wholesale corruption, but the English media really don’t want to know By Tony Attwood I’m always desperately nervous about Arsenal players playing for their country – especially England – because so often it seems they do the stuff for their country but …
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Fifa accused of wholesale corruption, but the English media really don’t want to know Football is standing on the edge of the cliff and looks ready to jump By Tony Attwood Supposing you owned a football club which for the last couple of seasons had come 16th and 17th in the Premier …
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Football is standing on the edge of the cliff and looks ready to jump “Doing what’s best for the club.” But what is best for the club? By Tony Attwood There is an interesting story that has been highlighted in the Sunday Times and has popped up in other places concerning more than £7 …
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By Tony Attwood Football is standing on the edge of the cliff and looks ready to jump “Doing what’s best for the club.” But what is best for the club? “What gives you the right to comment?” In a country like the UK we all, fortunately, have the right to comment within the bounds …
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Clubs are being dealt with under PSR rules, but 1 year on ManC are still untouched The ineptitude of the FA in running football is overwhelming By Tony Attwood The big news doing the rounds is that there is serious discussion going on in relation to some Premier League matches being moved …
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By Tony Attwood Clubs are being dealt with under PSR rules, but 1 year on ManC are still untouched The ineptitude of the FA in running football is overwhelming The turmoil at Tottenham Hotspur is by and large, the story of the moment. When Daniel Levy came along, they were worth £80m, but …
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The ineptitude of the FA in running football is overwhelming It is more than likely that Arsenal’s new players are taking a while to adjust to the ways of English officials By Tony Attwood There is talk that Amanda Staveley, the former Newcastle director who was at the centre of the deal …
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By Tony Attwood Naturally, like all supporters, Untold looks first at the club we support – Arsenal FC. But Arsenal are of course part of a bigger picture, for being members of the Premier League, the club is automatically subservient to the Football Association, Uefa and Fifa. Now we have long been critical of …
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by Tony Attwood It is more than likely that Arsenal’s new players are taking a while to adjust to the ways of English officials Summer transfers: who spent the most and which 7 clubs receive more than they spent? In the last eight seasons, two teams have won the Premier League: In the …
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Summer transfers: who spent the most and which 7 clubs receive more than they spent? Remembering past Arsenal players: Emi Martinez, football’s biggest prat By Tony Attwood As you might well have realised, one of the prime driving forcesof this site is that the media not only omits some important news from its daily …
Why do clubs make such appalling errors with some transfers? Arsenal yet again top of the injury table. Why is this? By Tony Attwood Arsenal appear to have had the biggest net spend this summer, with a total of £267m spent on players and just £10m received for the players who have left, giving …
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Why do clubs make such appalling errors with some transfers? Arsenal yet again top of the injury table. Why is this? By Tony Attwood You might remember Emi Martinez. He was actually with Arsenal for eight years (2012-2) but only managed 15 games, although he had loans of Oxford, Sheffield Wednesday, Rotherham, Wolverhampton, …
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By Tony Attwood There is a Telegraph article running at the moment, headlined “The 10 worst signings of all time.” It is a typical doom and gloom feature of their site, and each time they run it, the message one might take from it is, “Do not give your manager everything he asks for, until …
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From the Arsenal History Society: 100 seasons in the top division: Removing Knighton, the arrival of Chapman, and changing reality By Tony Attwood The fact that Arsenal played without Saliba for 95% of the game, so we add his name to Kai Havertz, Jesus, Saka, Norgard, White…. it is starting to look like a …
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Liverpool v Arsenal: when football statistics hint at changes being made The extraordinary difference between referees in relation to home and away teams Liverpool v Arsenal – the referee and the strange doings of the PGMO Maybe the prognostications for the Liverpool game aren’t that daunting By Tony Attwood Actual line up Raya; Timber, …
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The extraordinary difference between referees in relation to home and away teams Liverpool v Arsenal – the referee and the strange doings of the PGMO Maybe the prognostications for the Liverpool game aren’t that daunting by Tony Attwood We have of course only had two Arsenal games this season, but just those two …
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Previously… Liverpool v Arsenal – the referee and the strange doings of the PGMO Maybe the prognostications for the Liverpool game aren’t that daunting ByTony Attwood As we have noted, the referee for the Liverpool game is Chris Kavanagh, a man who is highly experienced in the game but who does not always …
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Maybe the prognostications for the Liverpool game aren’t that daunting Are Arsenal really as bad at selling players as the media suggests? By Tony Attwood Chris Kavanagh is the referee for Liverpool v Arsenal. He oversaw the community shield game between Liverpool and Palace – quite why he has to oversee a …
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Previously and elsewhere…. Are Arsenal really as bad at selling players as the media suggests? Arsenal Champions League draw – how the opposition have been doing And in our series on Arsenal’s 100 consecutive seasons in the top division, the latest article is Removing Knighton, the arrival of Chapman, and changing reality. There is an …
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By Tony Attwood For details of our recently published series and reports please see our revamped home page. The notion that Arsenal are no good at selling players is indeed one that is suggested in many publications and accepted by many supporters. Indeed the Athletic has an article at the moment, Why have …
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Sometimes world class stadia don’t work. Sometimes they are not enough. Suddenly the number of players coming to Arsenal has shot up. What’s going on? By Tony Attwood The latest in our series on 100 seasons in Division 1 and the Premier League has now been published on the Arsenal History Society website …
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Just published in the Arsenal History series: The removal of Knighton, the arrival of Chapman By Tony Attwood Before Arsenal buy anyone, they’ve got to get rid of their non-HG players Suddenly, the number of players coming to Arsenal has shot up. What’s going on? It was of course, a great moment of celebration …
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Suddenly, the number of players coming to Arsenal has shot up. What’s going on? Why is one of the biggest stories in football no longer mentioned? By Tony Attwood Prologue: it is quite possible I have made either a nationality or a counting or an age error in this piece. If so, please …
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